Checklists While things are never entirely black and white, past experience, evaluation findings and practice-based knowledge suggest there are practices that should be avoided when negotiating with donors and preparing concept notes related to violence prevention programme funding.
Here are a few:
- DON’T seek or accept funding for a community mobilisation strategy with less than 4-5 years of funding.
- DON’T seek or accept funding for an impact evaluation that does not also collect qualitative data to help interpret findings and assess implementation quality.
- DON’T assume that a programme that worked in one setting will necessarily reduce violence elsewhere.
- DON’T fund programmes that rely on multiple training cascades. Normally, Training of Trainer (ToT) approaches with more than one level do not adequately prepare facilitators or staff.
- DON’T fund purely “awareness raising” activities with the expectation that they will reduce violence. Such activities can draw attention to the issue but are insufficient on their own to change behaviour.
- DON’T seek or accept funding from a donor that will not allow mid-course corrections to a programme.
